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Resumes and cover letters
Once again, resumes and cover letters are a contradictory topic. As you go into the world, you are going to need to write both things. You can google all the templates you want, but I find it helps to walk through the why of it all. So, we are going to start with the basics. Just a generic resume and cover letter. We start our resume with the header, aka you. I know the templates say to put your full name, your address, your phone number, and your email. Let’s cut

Jia Elizabeth
Feb 287 min read


Jobs: Where do we get 'em?
We are all going to deal with this stuff eventually, so let’s talk about it. Wherever you are, currently in high school, graduating, in university, graduating, or even after, getting a job has the same components. We have to start by finding an available job. I find scrolling through Indeed applications to be frustrating, but it is one of the many modern-day evils we all must endure. In hopes of skipping this step, first look up businesses in your area

Jia Elizabeth
Feb 284 min read


Banking and Budgeting
To graduate high school, you should take a personal finance class. If you were anything like me, you spend the entire time just going through the motions and forgetting everything afterwards. If you have yet to take your personal finance class, please learn from my mistake and pay attention. If you already have, that is okay. This is a quick overview of banking and budgeting. I tried explaining the banking system to a 8 year old once, and he told me it was crazy we all put

Jia Elizabeth
Feb 205 min read


Credit and how to win at it
Credit is a headache, because it costs us more in the long run but if we have never participated in credit it makes it harder for us in the future. So let's talk about how to use credit without losing money.

Jia Elizabeth
Feb 176 min read
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